Patents by Inventor Wen KANG
Wen KANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240108039Abstract: A method for producing jelly bobas includes steps providing an apparatus for producing jelly bobas comprising a tank, a cutting set and a pool, wherein the tank comprises a main body and a bottom plate, the bottom plate comprises a plurality of holes and the cutting set is positioned under the bottom plate; continuously pouring a gel into the tank, wherein the gel has a viscosity ranged between 25000 and 95000 cps at 6 rpm or between 30000 and 180000 cps at 3 rpm as measured with LV-4 spindle of Brookfield Viscometer; the gel continuously passing through the plurality of holes by means of a gravity thereof; the cutting set continuously cutting off the gel passed through the plurality of holes in a rotation manner for continuously forming a plurality of jelly bobas; and the pool receiving the plurality of jelly bobas and a solidifying agent contained therein shaping the jelly bobas.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Tien-Tzu Li, Hsiu-Wen Kang, Hung-An Chen, Yu-Hsuan Wu
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Publication number: 20230384604Abstract: A foldable light-shielding hood includes a plate body, a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, a hanging portion, a first folded portion, and a second folded portion. The first supporting portion, the second supporting portion, and the hanging portion are foldably disposed to the plate body. The first folded portion is foldably disposed to the first supporting portion. The second folded portion is foldably disposed to the second supporting portion. The foldable light-shielding hood is adapted for hanging on a portable electronic device through the hanging portion. The first folded portion, the second folded portion, the hanging portion, the first supporting portion, the second supporting portion, and the plate body surround a shielding space, and the first folded portion, the second folded portion, and the hanging portion are adapted for being combined with the portable electronic device, and a display surface is located in the shielding space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: ViewSonic International CorporationInventors: Yung-Fu Kuo, Wen-Kang Wei, Pai-I Chen
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Patent number: 11594277Abstract: A method for neural network computation using adaptive data representation, adapted for a processor to perform multiply-and-accumulate operations on a memory having a crossbar architecture, is provided. The memory comprises multiple input and output lines crossing each other, multiple cells respectively disposed at intersections of the input and output lines, and multiple sense amplifiers respectively connected to the output lines. In the method, an input cycle of kth bits respectively in an input data is adaptively divided into multiple sub-cycles, wherein a number of the divided sub-cycles is determined according to a value of k. The kth bits of the input data are inputted to the input lines with the sub-cycles and computation results of the output lines are sensed by the sense amplifiers. The computation results sensed in each sub-cycle are combined to obtain the output data corresponding to the kth bits of the input data.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shu-Yin Ho, Hsiang-Pang Li, Yao-Wen Kang, Chun-Feng Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang, Tei-Wei Kuo
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Patent number: 11559890Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a trajectory of a robot's end effector are disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a force obtaining device to obtain a collision force of the end effector of the robot, caused by a collision of the end effector upon the collision being detected; and a trajectory determining device to determine a second trajectory of the end effector based on the collision force of the end effector obtained, and based on a recorded first trajectory of the end effector. The recorded first trajectory is a trajectory recorded before the collision, and the second trajectory is a trajectory determined after the collision. As such, an efficient protection for the robot and its working environment at the moment of collision may be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wen Kang Xu, Jian Qiang Wu, Yue Zhuo
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Publication number: 20220359003Abstract: A method for neural network computation using adaptive data representation, adapted for a processor to perform multiply-and-accumulate operations on a memory having a crossbar architecture, is provided. The memory comprises multiple input and output lines crossing each other, multiple cells respectively disposed at intersections of the input and output lines, and multiple sense amplifiers respectively connected to the output lines. In the method, an input cycle of kth bits respectively in an input data is adaptively divided into multiple sub-cycles, wherein a number of the divided sub-cycles is determined according to a value of k. The kth bits of the input data are inputted to the input lines with the sub-cycles and computation results of the output lines are sensed by the sense amplifiers. The computation results sensed in each sub-cycle are combined to obtain the output data corresponding to the kth bits of the input data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shu-Yin Ho, Hsiang-Pang Li, Yao-Wen Kang, Chun-Feng Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang, Tei-Wei Kuo
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Publication number: 20220344925Abstract: The present disclosure provides A tower socket, comprising a top cover, a housing, a base and a power line, two ends of the housing are respectively connected to the top cover and the base, the tower socket further comprises a rotating shaft, a rotating wheel and a conductive sheet, the rotating wheel is located in the base, and one end of the rotating shaft is connected to the top cover; the other end is connected to the rotating wheel, and a hole is provided on the base; the power line passes through the hole and can be wound on the rotating wheel; the power cord is electrically connected to a plurality of terminal on the rotating wheel, the rotation of the top cover can drive the rotating shaft to rotate the rotating wheel; the conductive sheet comprises a plurality of annular ring members, and the plurality of terminals are respectively in contact with the corresponding annular ring members, and are rotatable relative to an annular ring member of the conductive sheet; The part of the top cover of the presType: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventor: WEN-KANG LI
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Patent number: 11443797Abstract: A method and an apparatus for neural network computation using adaptive data representation, adapted for a processor to perform multiply-and-accumulate operations on a memory having a crossbar architecture, are provided. The memory comprises multiple input and output lines crossing each other, multiple cells respectively disposed at intersections of the input and output lines, and multiple sense amplifiers respectively connected to the output lines. In the method, an input cycle of kth bits respectively in an input data is adaptively divided into multiple sub-cycles, wherein a number of the divided sub-cycles is determined according to a value of k. The kth bits of the input data are inputted to the input lines with the sub-cycles and computation results of the output lines are sensed by the sense amplifiers. The computation results sensed in each sub-cycle are combined to obtain the output data corresponding to the kth bits of the input data.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shu-Yin Ho, Hsiang-Pang Li, Yao-Wen Kang, Chun-Feng Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang, Tei-Wei Kuo
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Patent number: 11271790Abstract: An interconnection device, a communication method, and a system including a robot are disclosed. In an embodiment, the interconnection device includes a first OPC UA interface, configured to establish connection between the interconnection device and an OPC UA device; and an ROS interface, in communication with the first OPC UA interface. The ROS interface includes: at least one ROS node module, configured to perform communication between the OPC UA device and an ROS device; an ROS client library module, configured to provide a function library to be called when the ROS node module performs the communication; and an ROS core module, configured to manage the ROS node module in the ROS interface unit and a node module in the ROS device. Communication between the OPC UA device and the ROS device is achieved via the interconnection device and the communication method.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Wen Kang Xu, Shun Jie Fan
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Patent number: 11190039Abstract: A method of charging a battery and a system using the same are provided. The method includes: detecting a terminal voltage of a battery; When the terminal voltage is less than a voltage threshold, performing quick charging which includes: calculating a rising rate of the terminal voltage, comparing the rising rate with a rising rate reference value, and controlling the terminal voltage according to the comparison result; and when the terminal voltage is not less than the voltage threshold, performing low current floating charging which includes: intermittently charging the battery by a predetermined floating charging period, calculating a falling rate of the terminal voltage, comparing the falling rate with a falling rate reference value, controlling the terminal voltage according to the comparison result, in a first time duration of the floating charging period, and suspending charging in a second time duration of the floating charging period.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Liang Xiong, Zhenji Liu, Wen-Kang Hsu
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Publication number: 20210247733Abstract: An interconnection device, a communication method, and a system including a robot are disclosed. In an embodiment, the interconnection device includes a first OPC UA interface, configured to establish connection between the interconnection device and an OPC UA device; and an ROS interface, in communication with the first OPC UA interface. The ROS interface includes: at least one ROS node module, configured to perform communication between the OPC UA device and an ROS device; an ROS client library module, configured to provide a function library to be called when the ROS node module performs the communication; and an ROS core module, configured to manage the ROS node module in the ROS interface unit and a node module in the ROS device. Communication between the OPC UA device and the ROS device is achieved via the interconnection device and the communication method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wen Kang XU, Shun Jie FAN
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Publication number: 20210172398Abstract: A regenerator is provided, which may a hollow pipe body, a first mesh portion, a second mesh portion and a third mesh portion. The first mesh portion may be disposed inside the hollow pipe body and at the rear portion of the hollow pipe body. The second mesh portion may be disposed inside the hollow pipe body and at the central portion of the hollow pipe body, and connected to the first mesh portion. The third mesh section may be disposed inside the hollow pipe body and at the front portion of the hollow pipe body, and connected to the second mesh portion. The mesh number of the first mesh portion, the mesh number of the second mesh portion and the mesh number of the third mesh portion may be increased from the rear portion to the front portion of the hollow pipe body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: SHUNG-WEN KANG, PING-MING TU
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Patent number: 10927895Abstract: A dustproof bearing assembly includes a base having a shaft tube. The shaft tube has an open end with an opening. At least one bearing is coupled to an inner periphery of the shaft tube. A rotating member includes a shaft seat. A shaft includes a first end coupled to the shaft seat and a second end extending through a shaft-receiving hole of the at least one bearing. A dustproof member includes a lower face and an upper face. The lower face is spaced from the open end of the shaft tube. The dustproof member covers the opening. The upper face of the dustproof member abuts a bottom of the shaft seat. The dustproof member has an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the shaft tube. The dustproof bearing assembly can be used in a motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Chia-Wen Kang, Yi-Ming Chu
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Publication number: 20200370793Abstract: A sealing structure for a Stirling cooler includes a bellows, a first connecting block disposed at an end of the bellows, and a second connecting block disposed at another end of the bellows. The sealing structure for a Stirling cooler can generate both off-axis movements and lateral movements so as to produce corresponding harmonic motions, such that vibrations can be isolated, excellent vacuum can be obtained, and superior sealing quality can be ensured. Thereupon, possible leakage for the Stirling cooler operated under a significant pressure difference can be substantially resolved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: SHUNG-WEN KANG, CHUN-LIN CHANG
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Patent number: 10819142Abstract: The present invention discloses a power supply circuit and a UPS auxiliary power supply system having the same. The power supply circuit comprises a transformer, a primary-side switch unit and a secondary-side switch unit. When the input power supply is powered on, the second switch of the secondary-side switch unit maintains in an off state, the first switch of the primary-side switch unit performs an on-off action, and the input power supply supplies power to the load and the energy storage unit. When the input power supply is powered down, the first switch of the primary-side switch unit maintains in an off state, the second switch of the secondary-side switch unit performs an on-off action, and the energy storage unit supplies power to the load.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Zhenji Liu, Wen-Kang Hsu, Liang Xiong
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Publication number: 20200312405Abstract: A method and an apparatus for neural network computation using adaptive data representation, adapted for a processor to perform multiply-and-accumulate operations on a memory having a crossbar architecture, are provided. The memory comprises multiple input and output lines crossing each other, multiple cells respectively disposed at intersections of the input and output lines, and multiple sense amplifiers respectively connected to the output lines. In the method, an input cycle of kth bits respectively in an input data is adaptively divided into multiple sub-cycles, wherein a number of the divided sub-cycles is determined according to a value of k. The kth bits of the input data are inputted to the input lines with the sub-cycles and computation results of the output lines are sensed by the sense amplifiers. The computation results sensed in each sub-cycle are combined to obtain the output data corresponding to the kth bits of the input data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.Inventors: SHU-YIN HO, Hsiang-Pang Li, Yao-Wen Kang, Chun-Feng Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang, Tei-Wei Kuo
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Patent number: 10729199Abstract: A wearable equipment is adapted for substation maintenance mobile inspection and includes a binding strap and a controlling wireless communication module. A thermal imager is disposed on one side of the binding strap. A prism display component and a voice interaction module are disposed on the other side of the binding strap. The thermal imager, the prism display component, and a microphone and a speaker of the voice interaction module are connected to the controlling wireless communication module through cables, to transmit information in a power system intranet. An application method includes mounting the wearable equipment to an electric power helmet, and automatically sending an infrared image, a visible light image, power monitoring information, voice, and a video in a power operation area to a background management controlling system for the substation maintenance mobile inspection.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: STATE GRID HUNAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED, STATE GRID HUNAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED MAINTENANCE COMPANY, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINAInventors: Jiusong Jiang, Fuqiang Xiong, Xigui Li, Wenqi Mao, Gang Li, Ting Zhou, Peng Sun, Wen Kang, Chaofeng Zhang, Zhiping Mao, Zuosheng Li, Kai Dong, Jianli Wu, Hong Zhang, Ling Luo, Guoqi Zhang
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Publication number: 20200052501Abstract: A method of charging a battery and a system using the same are provided. The method includes: detecting a terminal voltage of a battery; When the terminal voltage is less than a voltage threshold, performing quick charging which includes: calculating a rising rate of the terminal voltage, comparing the rising rate with a rising rate reference value, and controlling the terminal voltage according to the comparison result; and when the terminal voltage is not less than the voltage threshold, performing low current floating charging which includes: intermittently charging the battery by a predetermined floating charging period, calculating a falling rate of the terminal voltage, comparing the falling rate with a falling rate reference value, controlling the terminal voltage according to the comparison result, in a first time duration of the floating charging period, and suspending charging in a second time duration of the floating charging period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Delta Electronics,Inc.Inventors: Liang XIONG, Zhenji LIU, Wen-Kang Hsu
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Publication number: 20190389063Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a trajectory of a robot's end effector are disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a force obtaining device to obtain a collision force of the end effector of the robot, caused by a collision of the end effector upon the collision being detected; and a trajectory determining device to determine a second trajectory of the end effector based on the collision force of the end effector obtained, and based on a recorded first trajectory of the end effector. The recorded first trajectory is a trajectory recorded before the collision, and the second trajectory is a trajectory determined after the collision. As such, an efficient protection for the robot and its working environment at the moment of collision may be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wen Kang Xu, Jian Qiang WU, Yue ZHUO
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Publication number: 20190386509Abstract: The present invention discloses a power supply circuit and a UPS auxiliary power supply system having the same. The power supply circuit comprises a transformer, a primary-side switch unit and a secondary-side switch unit. When the input power supply is powered on, the second switch of the secondary-side switch unit maintains in an off state, the first switch of the primary-side switch unit performs an on-off action, and the input power supply supplies power to the load and the energy storage unit. When the input power supply is powered down, the first switch of the primary-side switch unit maintains in an off state, the second switch of the secondary-side switch unit performs an on-off action, and the energy storage unit supplies power to the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Zhenji LIU, Wen-Kang HSU, Liang XIONG
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Patent number: D1044810Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: ViewSonic International CorporationInventors: Yung-Fu Kuo, Wen-Kang Wei, Pai-I Chen